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Violante Di Donato

0000-0002-9254-5790

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Hysterectomy: Let's Step Up the Ladder of Evidence to Look Over the Horizon

2022

Hysterectomy is one of the most common non-obstetric gynecological surgical procedures carried out in Western countries [...]

General MedicineHysterectomy
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Impact of covid-19 in gynecologic oncology: A nationwide italian survey of the sigo and mito groups

2020

Objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused rapid and drastic changes in cancer management. The Italian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SIGO), and the Multicenter Italian Trials in Ovarian cancer and gynecologic malignancies (MITO) promoted a national survey aiming to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on clinical activity of gynecologist oncologists and to assess the implementation of containment measures against COVID-19 diffusion. Methods The survey consisted of a self-administered, anonymous, online questionnaire. The survey was sent via email to all the members of the SIGO, and MITO groups on April 7, 2020, and was closed on April 20, 2020. Results Overall, 604 particip…

International CooperationComputer-assisted web interviewingCOVID-19; Health Care Surveys; SARS-CoV-2 Infection; Surgical Oncology; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections; Female; Genital Neoplasms Female; Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; Gynecology; Humans; Infection Control; International Cooperation; Italy; Medical Oncology; Pandemics; Pneumonia Viral; SARS-CoV-2; Societies Medical; Surveys and Questionnaires; TriageMedical Oncology0302 clinical medicineGynecologic Surgical ProceduresSurgical oncologyGynecologic Surgical ProcedureSurveys and QuestionnairesPandemicHealth careMedicineInfection controlViralStatistics & numerical dataSurveySocieties Medical030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicineObstetrics and GynecologyGeneral MedicineSurgical OncologyOncologyItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisSARS-CoV-2 InfectionOriginal ArticleFemaleGenital NeoplasmsCoronavirus Infectionsmedicine.medical_specialtyGenital Neoplasms FemalePneumonia ViralGynecologic oncology03 medical and health sciencesBetacoronavirusMedicalHumansCOVID-19; Health Care Surveys; SARS-CoV-2 Infection; Surgical OncologyPandemicsInfection ControlBetacoronaviruPandemicbusiness.industryCoronavirus InfectionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19PneumoniaTriageSettore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIAHealth Care SurveyGynecologyFamily medicineHealth Care SurveysTriagebusinessSocieties
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Characteristics and patterns of care of endometrial cancer before and during COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has correlated with the disruption of screening activities and diagnostic assessments. Endometrial cancer (EC) is one of the most common gynecological malignancies and it is often detected at an early stage, because it frequently produces symptoms. Here, we aim to investigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on patterns of presentation and treatment of EC patients. Methods This is a retrospective study involving 54 centers in Italy. We evaluated patterns of presentation and treatment of EC patients before (period 1: March 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020) and during (period 2: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021) the COVID-19 outbreak. Results M…

medicine.medical_specialtyendometrial neoplasmsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Endometrial Cancer; COVID-19; Uterine cancer; SARS-CoV-2covid-19; endometrial cancer; sars-cov-2; uterine cancer; female; humans; pandemics; retrospective studies; sars-cov-2; covid-19; endometrial neoplasmspandemicsEndometrial CancerNOCOVID-19; Endometrial Cancer; SARS-CoV-2; Uterine cancerRetrospective StudiePandemicmedicineUterine cancerhumansPatterns of carePandemicObstetricsbusiness.industrySARS-CoV-2Endometrial cancerObstetrics and GynecologyCOVID-19General Medicinemedicine.diseaseEndometrial Neoplasmsretrospective studiesSettore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIAfemaleOncologyOriginal ArticleFemalebusinessHuman
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Uterine sarcomas: A critical review of the literature

2023

This review aims to provide a comprehensive description of surgical approaches for the management of uterine sarcomas. Uterine sarcomas are rare uterine neoplasms. Frequently, diagnosis is made after hysterectomy or myomectomy scheduled for presumed benign leiomyomas. The gold standard for surgical treatment of uterine sarcomas is hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. It is possible to adopt a fertility-sparing approach for those patients who wish to maintain their fertility. The role of pelvic lymphadenectomy is controversial; in fact, removal of lymph nodes is only recommended in the case of radiological suspicion of nodal involvement. Use of a morcellator is associated with …

Fertility-sparing surgeryMesenchymal tumourUterine sarcoma.Gynaecologic surgeryGynaecologic oncologySettore MED/40 - Ginecologia E Ostetricia
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